Data Engineer - Melbourne & Brisbane

About the role
Our client is a specialist data and technology engineering organisation building the platforms and infrastructure that power investment research and trading decisions in global financial markets. Backed by leading firms in management consulting and alternative investments, the team brings together high-calibre engineers to solve complex, large-scale data challenges.

Operating in a fast-paced, high-performance environment, the organisation values engineering excellence, ownership, and innovation. Their work sits at the intersection of data engineering and quantitative finance, enabling data-driven investment decisions through robust, scalable, and modern data systems.

About you

• 3+ years of experience as a Data Engineer, they are hiring at all levels so Senior Data Engineers & Technical Leads will be considered.
• First-Class Honours/Distinction or 2:1 in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field (Russell Group preferred)
• Strong experience designing and building data-intensive applications and pipelines
• Advanced Python and SQL skills with a focus on clean, scalable code
• Experience with data matching, reconciliation, and entity resolution across multiple sources
• Exposure to some or all of the following:
  • Spark and Databricks
  • AWS, Azure, and/or GCP
  • Airflow or similar orchestration tools
  • Git, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code

Why join?

• Work with complex financial and macroeconomic datasets at scale
• Join a small, highly capable engineering team
• Modern data stack (Python, Spark, Databricks, Azure)
• Ownership of core data platforms and engineering decisions
• Exposure to financial markets, investment analytics, and quantitative research

Apply now or contact Alicia for a confidential discussion on  [email protected] or [021 197 5740](tel:021 197 5740) 
Applicants must have full Australian working rights.